Opinionhttp://www.bryancountynews.com/section/3/2015-03-31T13:00:00-04:00National energy policy hits home2015-03-31T13:00:00-04:00http://www.bryancountynews.com/section/3/article/36300/<p>Georgia boasts no native sources of fossil fuel &shy;&mdash; coal, natural gas or oil &shy;&mdash; yet the energy industry fuels this state&rsquo;s economy just as surely as if it were the epicenter of operations.<br /></p>Cancer, it's past time2015-03-30T19:00:00-04:00http://www.bryancountynews.com/section/3/article/36297/<p><strong>Editor,</strong> Cancer is one of the most feared words of all.<br /></p>State school district still needs work2015-03-30T09:22:59-04:00http://www.bryancountynews.com/section/3/article/36299/<p><em>Editor&rsquo;s note: The Opportunity School District legislation was approved by the House on Wednesday, but with some differences from the Senate version. So now a conference committee will have to work out the differences before it goes to the governor. Suggs wrote this as a blog before House passage. And her issues may have to be weighed by voters before it appears on ballots in November 2016 as a constitutional amendmen</em>t.<br /></p>Opposition to Opportunity School District2015-03-19T12:38:19-04:00http://www.bryancountynews.com/section/3/article/36152/<p>The Opportunity School District (OSD) SB 133 and SR 287, which passed the Senate last week, would create a special state-run school district where the superintendent of the OSD is appointed by, and report directly to the governor.&nbsp; If passed in the House, Governor Deal, who has no training in education, will be making decisions based on what his appointed superintendent says. The governor will also be receiving recommendations from his appointed Education Reform Commission, which has no active teachers or parents, but is filled with legislators, charter-school advocates, and for-profit education consultants.<br /></p>Bogeymen hiding in the closet of school choice debate2015-03-19T10:55:06-04:00http://www.bryancountynews.com/section/3/article/36113/<p>Two bills in the Georgia Legislature would allow thousands of Georgia parents the opportunity to choose better educational options for their children.&nbsp;<br /></p>